Effects of winter burning on birds in mesquite grassland

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 867-876

  Reynolds, Michael C ^a   Krausman, Paul R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Grassland; Nongame birds; Prescribed burning; Songbirds; Texas; Winter

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WINTER;

UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS LECONTEII; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AVES; CISTOTHORUS PLATENSIS; PASSERI; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032901813     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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